Best PlacesAshburn, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Ashburn area, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ashburn ranks 3rd of 2098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low crime and lowest on childcare costs.
The best neighborhoods in Ashburn
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Ashburn
The parts of Ashburn, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Belmont Greene
Ashburn Farm
Ashburn Village
Scores across Ashburn run from about the 78th to the 100th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Ashburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ashburn ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 100% of cities
- Household income$187,459 median, better than 99% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of cities
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of cities
Where Ashburn ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,632 a month, better than only 9% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 26% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ashburn
A household needs to earn about $201,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ashburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $187,459; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment and a 6.8% 30-year fixed rate. The rate updates weekly from Freddie Mac; property tax uses Ashburn's effective rate against the median home value.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first ten years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ashburn
Ashburn's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ashburn.
Who works in Ashburn, and how
Work in Ashburn centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ashburn
Ashburn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 91% of cities. The coast is about 38 minutes away. The map and measures below show how they vary by area.
What the weather is like in Ashburn, month by month
Ashburn sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 29. Spring and fall carry most of the comfortable stretch.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Ashburn
Washington Dulles International sits about 6 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.9 million passengers in 2025, with 200 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ashburn
Schools across Ashburn average an A+, better than 97% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Rosa Lee Carter ElementaryA+ · 87% proficient
- Legacy ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Creighton's Corner ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stone Hill MiddleA+ · 82% proficient
- Eagle Ridge MiddleA+ · 81% proficient
- Farmwell Station MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverside HighA+ · 85% proficient
- John Champe HighA+ · 81% proficient
- Stone Bridge HighA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ashburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ashburn measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Ashburn against the other 2097 cities.
Who Ashburn suits
Families
Schools beat 97% of the country and crime runs low. Compare neighborhoods on the map for the best fit.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of cities and 33% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ashburn
Is Ashburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ashburn ranks 3rd of 2098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and fast internet. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ashburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $753,545. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $187,459 median income, cost of living beats 95% of cities.
Is Ashburn safe?
Yes, Ashburn is safer than 100% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $143 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ashburn?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 29. The area gets its pleasant stretches in spring and fall.
What are the best neighborhoods in Ashburn?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Belmont Greene, Ashburn Farm, and Ashburn Village. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Ashburn with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ashburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ashburn represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Ashburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ashburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ashburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ashburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ashburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ashburn detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.